Short Summary

Japan is hit by typhoon - shots of aftermath.

Description

Title reads: "Worst Ever Typhoon".

Natural disaster in Japan.

G/V crowds of people standing on outcrop of land with water swirling round them. L/S crowds of people, with rapid water of swollen river in front of them. Elevated shot of cars piled high in flood water. C/U people walking past camera in floodwater up to their thighs. M/S man walking across a road with water swirling round his waist.

L/S man pushing a boat containing another man past some derelict houses. M/S people handing a child out of the window to a man in boat. C/U troops filling bucket-like bale of straw with clay. M/S troops stacking bales to use as sandbags. L/S soldiers stacking the bales against the flood water. C/U another soldier throws his bale down onto the pile.

M/S troops in flood water. Panning L/S crowds of people on the bank of the river, pan to a pipe pouring tons of water into the river. G/V flood water stretching for miles and practically covering telegraph poles.